The Thinning Veil

Amanda Edwards, LCSW, Inc.

❤️‍🔥 Samhain, Witches! ❤️‍🔥
Blessed Samhain (SOW-win), Beloveds. I am having so much fun learning more about these sabbats, and this one in particular, being perhaps the most witchy of them all. Samhain is when the veil between the physical and spirit worlds is the thinnest, and is often called the Witch's New Year; prime season for divination and casting spells. It is a beautiful time to commune with those who have passed over to the other side, particularly ancestors. Celebrations in other traditions include All Souls' Day, All Saints' Day, and Dia De Los Muertos. 

This is the sabbat that kicks off the season of introversion. Many of us have already started feeling that hibernation is upon us, withdrawing from social activities and engaging in more introspection. Where I live, the time changes on Sunday and the darkness falls an hour earlier than it has been already gradually creeping. We are now halfway between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice; we continue our descent toward the shortest day of the year. This season, Samhain fell very near a new moon, which is also a time to slow down and reflect. 
November ketamine-assisted therapy group
We have one more spot in our upcoming ketamine-assisted therapy group. It starts on Monday, so if you're interested, please reach out sooner than later!

The group will consist of four members, and the following sessions: one individual medical intake per person, one group preparation session, three group intramuscular ketamine medicine sessions, and three group integration sessions. This treatment arc is $1800 per person (20% off the low end of our sliding scale). 

Here are the dates:

11/4 - Group prep, 3 - 5pm
11/6 - Group medicine session, 6 - 9pm
11/7 - Group integration, 5:30 - 6:30pm
11/13 - Group medicine session, 6 - 9pm
11/14 - Group integration, 5:30 - 6:30pm
11/20 - Group medicine session, 6 - 9pm
11/21 - Group integration, 5:30 - 6:30pm

We will be offering these groups on an ongoing basis, so if this one doesn't work for you please keep an eye out for the next one, likely in early 2025.
What I've Been Up To
Creating !!  

I have started painting again! Also: more dancing, singing, creating rituals for myself and my community, gardening / keeping plants alive (a miracle!), continuing to nest and make my new home safe and comfy, walking in my new hood and soaking up the sunshine and ocean air, learning about myself at breakneck speed, traveling (both for work and for play, the two of which are merging more and more all the time!), all the while finding plenty of time to be gentle with myself in reading and rest. I picked up a book by Jeff Foster called The Way of Rest on a recent trip to Santa Barbara, almost every passage makes me cry! Oh, I'm back to crying a lot too.. Had a reprieve for a while but it seems I have more tears to share. A dear, magical, beautiful woman once told me that my tears were "sharing my wisdom," and I haven't felt the same about crying since.

I'm out in the world making connections in a new and different way. Something has shifted, even in just the last few months, and I feel like my "light is on" in a way it hasn't been, maybe ever. It's not lost on me that this is happening at a time when I am more in tune with my body, my wants/needs/desires, my cycles and the seasons, and am in fuller expression than ever before. FUCK YES to all of this.
I am SO excited about this part...
A new group for women (and perhaps one day a counterpart group for men?!), created as I witness myself, my friends, my clients, and women in the larger context struggle with how to remain in touch with our desire: for connection, for pleasure, for creativity, for authenticity, for ease, for autonomy, for our voices, for community, safety and support, for space to feel all the feels, to be witnessed, to be help, to be strong, to come undone, to find a way to say all these things...

 Flyer is below, please reach out to me if you are interested in learning more. The depth of this group is impossible to encapsulate and put onto a single page. I am so fired up about this offering, I would love to talk with you about it. 

Thank you for being here with me, for seeing me, for all the positive feedback. With Love and a Deep Bow

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💫 BlessedBe 💫